Video: '[4k, 50 fps Colorized ]Titanic departure 10 April 1912 year.'

(Wednesday, April 10, 1912, shortly after noon GMT; four days before the sinking of the Titanic) — The RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, set sail today from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage to New York City after stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown (now called Cobh), Ireland to pick up additional passengers. Continue reading RMS Titanic departs Southampton, England, for ill-fated maiden voyage 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 10 1912) →

Video: 'Statehood: What Took So Long'

(Saturday, January 6, 1912, 1:35 p.m. EST) — New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state of the United States today after U.S. President William Howard Taft signed the proclamation. Continue reading New Mexico admitted as 47th state of the United States 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1912) →

Video: '14th December 1911: Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole'

(Thursday, December 14, 1911, at around 3:00 p.m. local time; during Amundsen’s South Pole expedition) — Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole today, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott. Continue reading Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes first person to reach South Pole 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 1911) →

Video: 'Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist fire'

(Saturday, March 25, 1911, approximately 4:40 p.m. local time; during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire) — 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed today when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Video: 'How Eugene Ely Performed The First Ever Flight From A Ship | Wings Of War'

(Monday, November 14, 1910, 3:32 p.m. local time) — Pilot Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship today as his Curtiss Pusher rolled off a sloping platform on the deck of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia, paving the way towards the development of aircraft carriers as part of modern naval fleets. Continue reading Pilot Eugene B. Ely becomes first aviator to take off from a ship 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1910) →

Video: 'Celebrating dad'

(Sunday, June 19, 1910) — Father’s Day was celebrated for the first time in the United States today at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading First ‘Father’s Day’ in United States celebrated in Spokane 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 19 1910) →